JESSICA HARRINGTON: Champion Hurdle remains on the cards for Freedom

We were absolutely delighted with Steps To Freedom at Dundalk last Friday when he really was a very good boy. It was a perfect way to come back after such a long lay-off due to the poor ground.

He did everything right. He jumped out of the stalls, he relaxed really well and just sat there when they went a good gallop.

For a while it looked like the two in front were never going to come back; he was a long way out of his ground. But he just picked them off at his ease and went away.